Cuba is a fascinating country filled with a unique array of experiences and an extensive lesson in history. If you happened to have been glazed over like me during that lesson in high school, take some time to brush up on the entire Cuban history from Spanish colonization, to sugar plantations and the slave trade, to independence from Spain, the Cold War and communism, and most importantly to understand Cuba, read about the Cuban Revolution and what a communist society under Fidel Castro has looked like. Refresh yourself on the Bay of Pigs Invasion and the Cuban Missile Crisis. Read about Cuba’s relationship with the former Soviet Union and how that shaped them, and eventually sent them into an economic hardship upon the dissolution of the Soviet Union. Sorry if you’re not a history obsessed nerd like me, but the history of Cuba is something that cannot be ignored. This is one country that in order to understand and appreciate it’s uniqueness, you have to go back in time. This articl...